Parashas Bo

The Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Bo . In this Parsha , HaShem Continues Judging Mitzrayim Egypt for its terrible wrongs , and this fits with the Haftorah of this Parsha , which is in Yirmeyahu Jeremiah 46:13-28 , that shows how , at a later time , HaShem Continues To Judge Egypt and its Pharaoh , at a later incident .

The previous Parsha ended with the Seventh Plague of Hail . The Plague of Hail , destroyed all crops of Egypt , that were above the ground and now HaShem Sends A Plague To Destroy those parts of the crops that had not , at the time of the Plague of Hail , yet sprouted . So HaShem Sends the Locust Swarm . HaShem Tells Moshe to " Bo " - " Come " to Pharaoh and warn him of the Locust Swarm that will come into Egypt's Border and will cover the surface of the Earth in Egypt , so that it's surface will not be seen . This Locust Swarm , will consume the remaining residue left by the Hail and this Locust Swarm will fill the Egyptians' houses , such as has never been seen before such a Swarm .

Many of Pharaoh's officers and servants had realized by now that our G-D Is G-D . They came to Pharaoh pleading with him to let our people go , telling him , ' do you not yet know that Egypt is lost . ' Pharaoh , in being so stubborn , had only shown care for his own ego , and he , at this juncture cared only to protect his own pride and honour , and so , this left him to make illogical decisions , based on his own arrogance and so he could not even realize reason anymore . Such is arrogance and pride , that loses a person , their Given intelligence and wisdom . Pharaoh called Moshe and Aharon , asking them which ones are going for this ' three day journey ' to make offerings to G-D , and Moshe responded so beautifully , ' with our youngsters and with our elders shall we go ; with our sons and with our daughters , with our flocks and with our cattle shall we go , because it is a Festival Of HaShem for us . ' A Festival For HaShem , for HaShem Is Not Happy when His beloved people are in bondage , and HaShem Really Does Not Like To Punished us , for it Hurts Him more , the same as a Father who loves his child would feel , when he has to punish his beloved child. HaShem Thus Punishes us For our own good , as a good Father does . Pharaoh said he would allow us to go , with our children and refers to the ' evil intent ' on Moshe and Aharon's faces , in reference to that he, deep down wonders if they will return after the said three days . Evil it was definitely not , but those who are evil , will even see holy and good actions and people , as bad and negative to them and an interference to the real evil people's intent to stop the real evil people's wishes to hurt and destroy the good , as Pharaoh wanted to do with us Jews . Pharaoh had an instant change of heart , and straight away , said that only the men could go , saying it is only the men who make offerings and Pharaoh kicked them out of his palace .

HaShem Told Moshe to stretch his hand over the land of Egypt and the Locust Swarm would descend upon Egypt . HaShem Here performed an amazing Miracle , for in order for Moshe to be able to stretch his hand over Egypt , a part of Moshe would have had to be high above Egypt , spiritually , above Earth and this is what HaShem Did , Raising a part of Moshe's Neshoma high above Egypt , above the Earth . Oh Blessed Art Thou Beloved HaShem . HaShem Guided an East Wind through that day and night and the next morning , HaShem Had the East Wind carry the Locust Swarm over all of Egypt , where not even a single patch of Earth in Egypt was left , for the whole land inch by inch , was covered by the Locust Swarm , but only in the borders of Egypt , so again , an ancient land border dispute was settled between Egypt and Cush . The Land became dark , as dark as the Egyptian's characters , within their lack of holiness and morality . The Swarm ate all the grass of the land of Egypt , where not even a single blade of grass remained in the entire land of Egypt . These Locusts were no ordinary Locusts , for they had claws of lions and teeth of leopards and the strength of bulls . The Locusts ripped out the eyes of the Egyptians and so , decimated Egypt and many of its people . HaShem Sent Locusts as punishment for how the Egyptians used to force Jews to go hunting for Locusts , so the Egyptians could salt and eat them , for this was a delicacy with Egyptians . The Jews found it very hard to bring such things for the Egyptians' food and found it very hard to crawl on their hands and knees in order to catch them , as they were forced to do by the Egyptians . The Jews were also made to work in terrible sand storms that hurt their eyes and we were not allowed to take shelter and so HaShem Sent modified Locusts to rip out the Eyes of these very Egyptians that treated us so cruelly . Pharaoh called for Moshe and Aharon pleading for this Plague of seven kinds of Locust , for seven types of sins the Egyptians committed , to be taken away and so Moshe entreated HaShem and HaShem Turned Back a West wind , to carry the Locust Swarm to the Sea of Reeds ( awaiting the Egyptians , to attack them again , when the Egyptians chased B'nei Yisrael , into the Yam Suf Reed Sea ) , for Pharaoh had admitted that he had sinned . Not a single Locust remained in Egypt , and even to this day , Locusts are not often found in Egypt . This meant that , in that time after the Plague of Locusts , not a single Locust remained , even under the Earth in Egypt , even down many meters into the ground . Pharaoh again changed his mind and did not let us leave .

The Ninth Plague , being the other third Plague in every set of three , came without warning . HaShem Told Moshe to stretch forth his hand toward Heaven and Darkness would be on the Land of Egypt . A Darkness that would be tangible . And so , Moshe obeyed and for the first three days , there was a darkness over Egypt , mild at first , for suddenly , it was as if someone had just turned the lights off . The Egyptians were still able to light lights like we would light candles and were somehow able to find their way , but then suddenly , a very thick darkness , set in that was like a wall all around a person so that they could not even move , get up or sit , depending on where they were and in what position they were , when it started . This heavy darkness , is the one referred to , for the three day period that Torah Mentions . Even the Star Light went dark over Egypt and no matter how the Egyptians tried to light fire lights , they would not work . This too, was a strike against the Egyptian's belief in astrology , that they relied upon , to keep hurting us , for to the Egyptians during this Plague , even the stars were not visible to them . The Darkness descended only over Egypt . Goshen had Light and the Egyptians were shown visions of how the Jews came into the Egyptians' houses , to check exactly where they hid their valuables , that would be pay , when we , our people The Children Of Israel , left Egypt , for all the years of our bondage , and so that the Egyptians would not be able to lie and say that they have nothing , for now we knew exactly where their things were kept , but we never took anything then during this Plague Of Darkness , and only when we left Egypt , did the Egyptians themselves give us their valuables . This Plague of Darkness , was a very direct suggestion to the Egyptians , that we were of light spiritually and that they were unholy immoral darkness . For three days , the Egyptians had no Sun , that hit at them for HaShem Had now Showed them that their fake false idol worship deity 'ra' was nothing but false idol worship and only HaShem Is In Control of And Creates all , in Creation . This Plague was a punishment at the Egyptians , who turned our days around to night , by making us work at night instead of day and when day came , they made us work again saying that this would be our night and pain and hurt and that we would never see the light of day and that we would be killed like darkness Chas Ve Shalom , So HaShem , Turned their days and nights around And Put the Egyptians in total darkness . Our Rabbis Say that HaShem Brought the darkness from the beginning of Creation , and put it on Egypt . The Egyptians could not even move and had to stay in one place , for as I mentioned , the Darkness was like a thick hard wall , where no Light entered . Some of our people sadly perished too in this Plague , those that supported Egypt and that did not want to leave and did not want G-D at all , but they were not seen dying , as HaShem Specially took their lives in the Darkness , so as to keep it from the Egyptians . After the three days , Pharaoh had Moshe summoned and told him that we could go , but our flocks and cattle had to remain . Moshe informed him that we must offer the lamb , which is a false deity of Egypt and so we need to take our flocks and cattle with us too . Pharaoh's heart hardened and he flew into a rage and he threatened Moshe that Moshe should not see his face again for on the day he does , he would surely die . Moshe , now angry , responded , " you have spoken correctly , I shall never see your face again . " Moshe told Pharaoh that Pharaoh and his servants would come looking for Moshe and beg us to leave quickly . In order to keep Moshe's word , HaShem for the first time , Appeared to Moshe in the palace and warned of the Tenth and final Plague , after which , Pharaoh would let us go , The Slaying of the First born of Egypt . Ten Plagues , for Pharaoh , ( who falsely claimed he was allegedly deified , but of course never was , for Only HaShem Is G-D ) never acknowledged HaShem , Who Created Creation , with Ten Pronouncements . Moshe related HaShem's Words of this final Plague to Pharaoh . Then Moshe turned his back on Pharaoh and left the Palace .

HaShem Then Gave Moshe Instructions on what to do , with the lamb , the false deity of Egypt , to tie it to the bedpost for four days , and then slaughter it and its blood to be put on the Lintel and two door posts and so became our Holy Passover . HaShem Told Moshe how this Plague would happen at midnight , a time dogs in Egypt would bark , and so , the Torah's comment in Shemos 11:7 , in reference to dogs , that also pulled up the dead Egyptian's first born bones , during the Tenth Plague .

HaShem Then Gave us the Commandment of fixing the time for Rosh Chodesh , the New Moon , something HaShem Had Previously Done , but would now give us this Mitzvah and this was the first Mitzvah we were given here at this time . HaShem Showed Moshe exactly how the New Moon would look and so , would the Sanhedrin be in charge of fixing this time of the New Moon , through the ages , HaShem Instructed on the Laws of the Paschal Lamb , cautioning us to remember this through the ages , with bitter herbs and Matzos unleavened bread , which when we left and did not have time for the bread to rise , the Matzos on that first Passover night was so precious to us , and we showed this , by us putting the valuables on our donkeys , but the wrapped up Matzos , we kept and carried on our shoulders . The Korban Pesach was to be roasted , so that it's smell , would hit the noses of the Egyptians so that they would pain over their false lamb deity . So many other false ways proclaim a lamb or lamb symbolism as a false deity . HaShem Is The One And Only True Creator And G-D . HaShem , during this time , Took us , His Legions out of Egypt , which included our People and his Angels that were there too .

At Midnight , HaShem Came Down with thousands of Destroying Angels And HaShem Smote every firstborn in Egypt and even an Egyptian abroad , in other places and countries . None escaped and seeing as the Egyptians were an immoral people , they had many first-borns out of wedlock, so every single Egyptian house , had dead Egyptians . Hiding in Goshen did not help the Egyptians at all , for they died where they stood . Even the heads of households in Egypt died . Here was HaShem's Punishment for what the Egyptians had done to our First Borns and for Pharaoh bathing in the blood of Jewish children 150 Jewish children's blood in the morning and 150 Jewish children's blood at night for seven days . HaShem Destroyed all the idols, where metal ones melted and wooden ones rotted instantly . There was an elderly Egyptian woman who mocked Moshe's words , when Moshe had left Pharaoh's Palace after relaying about this Plague to Pharaoh , and she said that she did not even have anymore first-borns , so this Plague would not touch her . Moshe warned her and about her acts of mockery , that she would suffer first for her happiness at our pain and mockery , and so , when the Plague first started , her dead son was dug up by dogs and brought to her doorstep . The Egyptians were a very low spiritual race of people , being on the lowest in levels of Tum'a Impurity and negativity at the time . This elderly Egyptian woman and her son when he was alive , had molested little Jewish children . The Destructive Angels would not discriminate between Jew and Egyptian and so HaShem had instructed that we mark our doors . It was also to test our obedience , For HaShem Knew who was and was not a Jew . The Destructive Angels , when let loose , are quite prepared to kill indiscriminately , and they can view a person's behavior for that person's amount of sins which they can see on a person's forehead , and who , is without sin . So HaShem Really Protected His People that night and even those of our people that were ordained to pass away , Were Spared By HaShem .

Pharaoh , being a first-born, was kept alive , to witness the Splitting of the Yam Suf Reed Sea . Pharaoh , fearing for his very life , got a chariot and rode with servants in a hurry to Goshen , for his own son had also died , sitting on his very throne , and in arriving in Goshen , asked for where the home of Moshe was . He was shown this way and that until he finally arrived at Moshe's home . He called to Moshe to come out , but Moshe told him that HaShem Had Instructed them not to leave the homes till morning and he asked Moshe to at least open the door to him , which Moshe denied , for Moshe would not break his word not to see Pharaoh again and so Pharaoh begged Moshe to at least come to the window , which Moshe did , but kept well back so their eyes never met . Pharaoh told Moshe to have us leave immediately for Egypt was dying , but Moshe told him that we could not leave till morning for we had been instructed to stay in our homes till morning . Pharaoh begged Moshe about how this Plague could be stopped and Moshe told him that he must call out in Goshen that we Jews are free to leave . Pharaoh did this and his voice was made louder so all could hear , even throughout Egypt was Pharaoh's voice magnified By HaShem , and Pharaoh even went from house to house knocking on doors telling Jews they were free . Two Hundred and Ten years did we spend in slavery in Egypt , the exact Gematrical value of the Hebrew word " R'du " in Bereishis 42:2 , where Yaakov tells his sons to " Go down " to Egypt .

The Egyptians Were , By HaShem Made to look upon us with favor and gave us their valuables before we left Egypt . While that was happening , Moshe was busy on a different task . The finding of Yosef's coffin . For this task , Moshe asked Serach bas Asher , who had been given extra years of life , after she was the one to play a role in reviving her grandfather Yaakov , with the news of Yosef still being alive in Egypt , when the other brothers had come back from Yosef , to bring their holy Father to reunite with Yosef . She told Moshe that Yosef's coffin had been sunk into the Nile . Moshe went to the exact place on the banks of the Nile , that she had pointed out , and called to Yosef to arise and float up , but nothing happened . Our Rabbis say that either Moshe took Yosef's silver Goblet and wrote on that or that he took a piece of Parchment , on which he wrote or drew four creatures , an eagle , a human , a lion and a bull , and only when the human was mentioned , did Yosef's coffin arise , so we could fulfill our promise to carry Yosef out of Egypt . This scroll or cup pieces was later found by a young man called Micha , who went along when we left Egypt . At the later very sad incident of the Chait Ha Eigel , The Golden Calf , that it was this very Micha , who took this parchment with the words for bull , written on this parchment , and he threw it into the fire , when the bull calf idol came out of the furnace , at the golden calf incident . This Micha was one of the babies set to be put by Pharaoh into the wall as bricks and Moshe asked that he be saved . HaShem Knew what this Micha would do . HaShem Knows all . HaShem Always Knows Best .

HaShem Sanctified every First - Born and Instructed us to Remember the Exodus from Egypt . HaShem Instructed us to tell our children of this and How HaShem Took us Out From bondage From Mitzrayim , And Brought us Home . The Parsha ends , With HaShem Telling us Of Tefillin And How HaShem Removed us With A Strong Hand . So ends the Parsha .

HaShem Asks Moshe to " Bo " - " Come " to Pharaoh , For HaShem Is Most Humble And HaShem Praised Moshe ( who was very humble ) , for his humility and HaShem Wants us all to be humble . HaShem Does Not Tell Moshe to " Go to Pharaoh , " But Rather Uses a more humble quiet peaceful word , " Bo " - " Come . " So does HaShem Want us to be . HaShem Does not Thrust Himself Upon us , But Comes To us Nicely And Sweetly , Gently And Softly And With Loving Peace . How Does HaShem Come To us This Way , With Sweet Soft Love And Peace . With all HaShem's Beautiful Creation That HaShem Makes - The Soft petals of the flowers that look up to us and , With HaShem's Love , beautify our World of HaShem - With the sweet voice of our children that HaShem Gives us - With the Beautiful World around us That HaShem Makes For us every day For us to see - With the loving friends and family that we HaShem Gives us - With The Tender Moments That HaShem Gives us With our partners every day and the Wonder of Creation That HaShem Made And Continues To Make , all these and so much more , Does HaShem Quietly Give us To Enjoy , But Ever So Humbly , without HaShem Showing Himself for even as much as a thank you . So does HaShem " Bo " - " Come " to us every day , if we would only just open our eyes and look deeper .

So should we all " Bo " - " Come " to HaShem , every minute HaShem Gives us life , Coming to HaShem in total obedience and love , humbly following HaShem in total obedience to HaShem's Torah . HaShem Asks of us so little , and the little That HaShem Asks of us , is for our own benefit . Surely we can do this . Surely we can give of ourselves for and to HaShem , As HaShem Gives us the whole of Creation , Just For us To enjoy . All things Belong To HaShem . So must we therefore follow HaShem's Laws , in Creation and with all humility and love and obedience , " Bo " - " Come " to HaShem In Love , Just As HaShem " Bo " - " Comes " To us every day , every moment , every instant , With Life And Love And Creation . May we all follow HaShem humbly , in obedience and so , open up the door to Olam Habah , and Shamaim , and so , Will HaShem HaKadosh Baruch Hu The Holy One Blessed Be He , " Bo " - " Come " To us More Closely With Love .

I wish HaShem With Forever Love , A Very Special And Sweet And Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh With Forever Love and to all my fellow Jews and to all of HaShem's Beautiful Creation , a Very Special , Sweet and Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love .